Comments on: Brad Lidge, Jon Rauch are “strong” on the Mets radarhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/01/brad-lidge-jon-rauch-are-strong-on-the-mets-radar/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 22:54:49 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: purnellmeagrejrhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/01/brad-lidge-jon-rauch-are-strong-on-the-mets-radar/comment-page-1/#comment-228875
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:40:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=100075#comment-228875After I accurately predicted Jason Bay’s PWSI (see Jeremy Burnitz) would condemn him to be an albatross for the Mets I would be disgusted to see them go after Brad Lidge with similar PWSI issues (see Braden Looper.)
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:45:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=100075#comment-228592Is it me or does it seem like the best bullpens each year are always kind of a surprise? The Royals this past year, for example, or the Angels in 2002 come to mind. Meanwhile, the teams that supposedly load up and enter the season with a. “stacked” bullpen seem to always fail to live up to the hype (i.e. the 2009 Red Sox.)

This happens, I think, because a team that enters the year with an unsettled bullpen doesn’t have established roles for individual pitchers, and is in a position to give everyone an equal shot. This accomplishes two things: it creates more intense competition among the pitchers to earn the manager’s trust, and it allows the manager to quickly sniff out who’s got it working and who doesn’t.

More Anthopolous magic here, that anyone even thinks Rauch is worth a contract.

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Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:52:45 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=100075#comment-228448Sign Rauch please. The Jays want the sandwich round pick they will get if he signs elsewhere.
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:44:37 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=100075#comment-228442Meanwhile the Twins continue to not care about their bullpen, or starters.
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:35:48 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=100075#comment-228435They’re only trying to hype up that they’re interested in the biggest names to sell some tickets and then say, “but we tried…”
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Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:32:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=100075#comment-228431How is it the the Marlins haven’t expressed a strong interest in those 2? They have expressed it in everyone else.
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